Shawndee Airedale & Russell Terriers

11/16/2025

Bee says,”Is there someone out there looking for me?”

11/16/2025

4 mos. old male Airedale puppy. Leash trained, CKC registered, crate trained with excellent temperament looking for his forever home. Private contact for details

11/15/2025

Another spectacular scene with Kilian, the Shawndee Mountain Dog!

11/11/2025

If there is a hole in your heart, that was once filled by a fur child..we have an Airedale puppy looking to fill it. Actually we have a male and female puppy, plus an adult female. Please contact us privately for information.

11/02/2025

Over the dog yard. Nov 1, 2025

10/28/2025

Bee & Tilly think my tarp is a good bed! Just had their last puppy shots today...ready for you for Halloween! Sweet personality, leash trained, microchipped & CKC registered. Crate trained and sleep through the night. The trying , no sleep, puppy nights have passed! Private message for details.

10/27/2025

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=122151620378876215&id=61576286453921

*Preventing unwanted litters is a goal we all share—but it's time to rethink the surgical approach. Hysterectomies and vasectomies, which preserve hormonal balance, can safely be performed as early as 8 weeks of age, making dogs sterile without disrupting their natural hormones.

New peer-reviewed study published in Nature:

How a dog’s lifetime exposure to his own hormones (before being neutered) affects how well he handles aging and frailty later in life.

Study Background

• Frailty = when older dogs (and people) become weaker, less resilient, and more prone to illness and death.
• Most research looks at how to prevent frailty — this study looked at what makes some dogs bounce back better after frailty sets in.
• The focus was on the HPG axis — the hormonal system that produces testosterone and controls reproduction.

Key Findings

• Dogs neutered very young (before 2 years old) had:

o A much higher risk of death once they became frail.
o About 16% higher mortality for every small increase in frailty.

• Dogs kept intact longer (more than ~10 years) showed:
o No increase in mortality linked to frailty.
o Their hormones seemed to “buffer” the negative effects of aging.

• Each extra year of natural hormone exposure reduced frailty-related death risk by ~1%.

What It Means

• Hormones from the te**es may protect against the worst effects of aging later in life.
• Removing them too early could make dogs less resilient to age-related decline.
• Frailty isn’t just about getting old — it’s also shaped by early-life events like the timing of neutering.
• This supports a “life course” view: what happens early in life affects health decades later.

Why It Matters

• The study suggests timing of neutering might influence how well dogs age.

10/26/2025

Shawndee Can't Stand Still (Tilly) 16 week old Airedale puppy ready to start serious training. A very agile, outgoing girl who loves people, kids especially! Will have had three sets of puppy shot, microchipped, CKC registered and crate & leash trained. Private message for further details

10/25/2025

Shawndee Anything Goes, (Bee) is a happy 16 week old Airedale looking for the perfect forever home. Great hard, easy maintenance coat, crate trained, leash trained and very personable!! Private contact for further details

10/24/2025

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10/19/2025

A Nice looking Boy!